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Director: Larry Yust
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Low budget black comedy about six senior citizens who, refusing to vacate their condemned brownstone haven for a gaunt, antiseptic block of flats, begin a murderous guerilla war against their opponents. The subsequent mayhem is depicted with much humour, nicely controlled tension, and - somehow - with dignity. Towards the end, the group's leader (76-year-old Paula Trueman, a saner version of Ruth Gordon) gets carried away into excess, and the film goes off the rails with her. But on balance it's remarkably convincing.Author: GB
Cast & crew
Director: Larry Yust
Producer: Marshal Backlar
Cast: Paula Trueman, Frances Fuller, William Hansen, Ruth McDevitt, Peter Brocco, Ian Wolfe, Douglas Fowley full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 96 mins
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